linux-kernel - [PATCH 06/14] crc32: Fix mixing of endian-specific types

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Message-ID: <20120107055121.31315.48442.stgit@elm3c44.beaverton.ibm.com>
Date:	Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:51:21 -0800
From:	"Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@...ibm.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
	"Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@...ibm.com>
Cc:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>,
	Joakim Tjernlund <joakim.tjernlund@...nsmode.se>,
	Bob Pearson <rpearson@...temfabricworks.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>,
	linux-crypto <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Mingming Cao <cmm@...ibm.com>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 06/14] crc32: Fix mixing of endian-specific types

crc32.c in its original version freely mixed u32, __le32 and __be32 types
which caused warnings from sparse with __CHECK_ENDIAN__.
This patch fixes these by forcing the types to u32.

From: Bob Pearson <rpearson@...temfabricworks.com>
Signed-off-by: Bob Pearson <rpearson@...temfabricworks.com>
[djwong@...ibm.com: Minor changelog tweaks]
Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@...ibm.com>
---
 lib/crc32.c |   12 ++++++------
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)


diff --git a/lib/crc32.c b/lib/crc32.c
index 2a87ea2..ff6bb9a 100644
--- a/lib/crc32.c
+++ b/lib/crc32.c
@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@
 #include "crc32defs.h"
 
 #if CRC_LE_BITS == 8
-# define tole(x) __constant_cpu_to_le32(x)
+# define tole(x) (__force u32) __constant_cpu_to_le32(x)
 #else
 # define tole(x) (x)
 #endif
 
 #if CRC_BE_BITS == 8
-# define tobe(x) __constant_cpu_to_be32(x)
+# define tobe(x) (__force u32) __constant_cpu_to_be32(x)
 #else
 # define tobe(x) (x)
 #endif
@@ -128,9 +128,9 @@ u32 __pure crc32_le(u32 crc, unsigned char const *p, size_t len)
 # elif CRC_LE_BITS == 8
 	const u32      (*tab)[] = crc32table_le;
 
-	crc = __cpu_to_le32(crc);
+	crc = (__force u32) __cpu_to_le32(crc);
 	crc = crc32_body(crc, p, len, tab);
-	crc = __le32_to_cpu(crc);
+	crc = __le32_to_cpu((__force __le32)crc);
 #endif
 	return crc;
 }
@@ -171,9 +171,9 @@ u32 __pure crc32_be(u32 crc, unsigned char const *p, size_t len)
 # elif CRC_BE_BITS == 8
 	const u32      (*tab)[] = crc32table_be;
 
-	crc = __cpu_to_be32(crc);
+	crc = (__force u32) __cpu_to_be32(crc);
 	crc = crc32_body(crc, p, len, tab);
-	crc = __be32_to_cpu(crc);
+	crc = __be32_to_cpu((__force __be32)crc);
 # endif
 	return crc;
 }

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